History of volleyball

What is the history and background of volleyball? How did volleyball get started? Who invented volleyball and why? What year did volleyball become a sport?

It actually began as a game called Mintonette.

Northern California has had a long history of volleyball activity. In the early years, volleyball competition was centered primarily in the YMCA’s. Originally known as “mintonette,” volleyball was the brainchild of American William G. Today, volleyball has spread to 2countries around the world. The history of volleyball began in the mind of a man named William G. Like the name the rules of the game have transformed and developed over the years.

It was designed as an indoor sport for businessmen who found the new game of basketball too vigorous.

It has seen the start of two centuries and the dawn of a new millennium. The sport originated in the United States, and is now just achieving the type of popularity in the U. Beachball volleyball : A game of indoor volleyball played with a beach ball instead of a volleyball. Biribol: an aquatic variant, played in shallow swimming pools.

The name comes from the Brazilian city where it was invente Birigui. It is similar to Water volleyball. In fact, just eight miles and four years separate the historic development of volleyball and its cousin basketball. Morgan, in Holyoke, Massachusetts.

Whereas the histories of most popular sports today begin in the Middle Ages or earlier with fuzzy origins (such as hockey , boxing , or American football ), the history of volleyball has a more precise history , spanning the course of just over 1years. It spread to Japan, China, and the Philippines. He was inspired to create a new game after he met the inventor of basketball, Dr. James Naismith, a few years earlier. There are many different achievements and history made from the creation of volleyball until now.

The Filipinos have made significant contributions to volleyball in its evolution as a professional and international game. The Filipinos continued playing volleyball up to the modern-day period in its status as an independent republic.

Volleyball was invented by William G. Though both indoor and beach were born in America, just million of those 8million players are in the U. The man responsible for the invention of the game of volleyball is William G. No country has been truly dominant in volleyball, although the Soviet Union has won the most medals. You have probably made up a game with your friends at some point in your life. Early mintonette has since evolved into the sport that is played by 800. YMCA national championships was held in Brooklyn, NY. Skip navigation Sign in.

This video is unavailable. Setting the ball is a critical area of the overall offensive attack. With more than 8million players, volleyball is one of the most popular sports in the world.